Founding Account Executive, Expansion

Clark

$100K — $150K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of B2B SaaS sales experience
  • Proven track record in expanding existing accounts
  • Strong discovery and consultative selling skills
  • Ability to build trust with senior stakeholders
  • Exemplary commercial judgment and account planning discipline
  • Experience with early-stage product sales
  • Strong collaboration capabilities with Customer Success and implementation teams

Responsibilities

  • Own expansion revenue for existing customers
  • Identify new teams, workflows, and use cases within current accounts
  • Partner with Customer Success on customer health and expansion timelines
  • Build relationships with partners and executives
  • Run discovery sessions and commercial conversations
  • Coordinate with Audit Engineers for expansion planning
  • Maintain accurate CRM records and expansion forecasts
  • Ensure expansions align with customer readiness

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a growth-oriented role within a dynamic company
  • Collaborative environment with key account teams
  • Direct impact on customer success and expansion strategies
  • Engagement with senior stakeholders and executive decision-makers
  • Potential for professional development in an evolving SaaS landscape
Full Job Description
The Role

We are hiring Account Executives focused on expansion.

This role will own growth within Clark's existing customer base. You will identify expansion opportunities, deepen relationships with key accounts, partner with Customer Success, and help customers expand Clark across more teams, workflows, and use cases.

Why This Role Matters

Clark's live customer base is one of the company's most important growth opportunities.

As customers adopt Clark successfully, expansion becomes a natural path to increasing impact and revenue. The Expansion AE ensures Clark captures that opportunity thoughtfully while maintaining strong customer trust.

What You'll Do
  • Own expansion revenue across existing customers
  • Identify new teams, offices, workflows, and use cases within current accounts
  • Partner with Customer Success on customer health and expansion timing
  • Build relationships with partners, executives, and champions
  • Run discovery, demos, proposals, and commercial conversations
  • Coordinate with Audit Engineers and Implementation on expansion planning
  • Maintain clean CRM hygiene and expansion forecasting
  • Avoid pushing expansion before customers are ready
  • Help turn successful implementations into broader account growth


Who You Are
  • 4+ years of B2B SaaS sales experience
  • Experience expanding existing accounts
  • Strong discovery and consultative selling ability
  • Able to build trust with senior stakeholders
  • Strong commercial judgment and account planning discipline
  • Comfortable selling early-stage products
  • Strong collaboration with CS and implementation teams


Bonus
  • Experience selling into accounting, audit, compliance, fintech, legaltech, or professional services
  • Experience with vertical SaaS or workflow software
  • Experience with AI-native products
  • Experience selling to partners, executives, or firm leadership

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